Useful viewing functions

Selecting the picture size

Selecting the WSS picture size automatically

Option

WSS

The “WSS” allows the TV to switch automatically among the different picture size.

Go to “Menu” > “Setup” > “Option” > “WSS”.

NOTE

Use “Wide mode” if an image does not switch to the appropriate picture size. When the broadcast signal contains no “WSS” information, the function will not work even if enabled.

Selecting the WSS picture size manually

Option

4:3 mode

The “WSS” signal has 4:3 auto-switching that allows you to select between “Normal” and “Panorama”.

Go to “Menu” > “Setup” > “Option” > “4:3 mode”.

 

Item

Normal

Normal range keeping 4:3 or 16:9

aspect ratio.

 

 

 

Panorama

Wide image without side bars.

 

 

WSS signal 4:3 screen

Item (for SD [Standard-Definition] signals)

Normal

Keeps the original aspect ratio in a full

screen display.

 

 

 

 

For 14:9 letterbox pictures. A thin side

Zoom 14:9

bar appears on each side, and you may

also see bars on the top and bottom

 

 

with some programmes.

 

 

 

In this mode, the picture is stretched

Panorama

toward each side of the screen. The

picture may appear similar to “Full”

 

 

depending on broadcast signals.

Full

For 16:9 squeeze pictures.

 

For 16:9 letterbox pictures. Bars may

Cinema 16:9

appear on the top and bottom with

 

some programmes.

 

 

 

For 14:9 letterbox pictures. Bars may

Cinema 14:9

appear on the top and bottom with

 

some programmes.

 

 

Item (for HD [High-Definition] signals)

Full

Displays with an overscan image. Crops

all sides of screen.

 

 

 

 

Displays with an underscan image

 

only when receiving a 720p signal.

Underscan

Displays with the High-Definition image

adjusted optimally. Noise may appear

 

 

on the edge of the screen with some

 

programmes.

 

 

 

Displays an image with the same

Dot by Dot

number of pixels on the screen when

 

receiving 1080i/1080p signals only.

 

 

NOTE

Some items do not appear depending on the type of received signal.

1 Go to “Menu” > “Setup” > “Option” > “Option

for view” > “Wide mode”.

You can also select an item by pressing fon the

 

remote control unit.

The menu lists the “Wide mode” options selectable for

4:3 mode “Normal”

4:3 mode

the type of video signal currently received.

“Panorama”

Selecting the picture size manually

Option

Wide mode

You can select the picture size. Selectable picture size varies with the type of signal received.

2

Press a/bto select the desired item.

 

• As you toggle the options, each is immediately reflected

 

on the screen. There is no need to press ;.

Basically, if you set “WSS” to “On” in the “Option” menu, the optimum “Wide mode” is automatically chosen for every broadcast or programme played using a VCR or DVD player/recorder.

NOTE

Even if you select your desired “Wide mode” manually, the TV may automatically switch to the optimum “Wide mode” depending on the signal received when “WSS” is set to “On”.

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